Hypnosis for Childbirth is Software for Your Mind

Preparation for childbirth using Hypnobabies basically works like software for your mind: Listening to hypnotic childbirth suggestions every day by way of hypnosis scripts, (read to you by your partner) or listening to CDs on your own, your inner mind becomes “programmed” to perceive labor as easy and comfortable, your contractions as only pressure, and your pushing phase short and efficient. This is just like programming a computer or entering a document into it and giving it a file name so that later you can find and edit or print out that document.

When you are in labor, you’ll use these suggestions and techniques, and having been already programmed into your subconscious, they are there for you when you use your Hypnobabies techniques and cues, just like choosing a specific file name on your computer when you open up a saved file or document.

In Hypnobabies, we also have a mental “lightswitch” that each Hypno-mom can use herself, and that’s the “Enter” key on her mental computer, so that each time she practices her “lightswitch”, she automatically becomes more deeply programmed with Hypnobabies cues, just like editing a document with more text each time, for later use. In addition, all good birth hypnosis programs will have a cue or “anchor” for you to learn and practice that brings you instantly into hypnosis so that when you are in labor, you’ll use your cue and be able to be relaxed, calm, confident and comfortable in mind and body *immediately* upon beginning to get a contraction, which is awesome. In Hypnobabies, ours is called, “The Finger-Drop Technique.” We also have several verbal cues for instant hypnosis induction and deepening. In labor, some women have their partners read the hypnosis scripts they have been using for birth preparation, some will listen to their CDs, and some just want to hear short verbal cues to reinforce their Hypnobabies techniques. Some moms prefer to simply tune everything else out and use their hypnosis cues and techniques by themselves, inside their minds, or by vocalizing the spoken cues.

Hypnosis for childbirth is easy to learn, practice and use with a little bit of education and guidance, and as with any new program we learn in life, is best done as directed. We can’t program our computer without guidance from the experts, and the same is true for childbirth hypnosis!